Wisdom Quotes

"I can see how that would be frightening for you"

"Maybe knowing is not the solution"

"We are not our mistakes; we are what we choose to become."

"The answer is a towel."

"The answer is fairly simple. You just keep your eyes on the horizon."

"I might be forgiven for thinking that the present moment is the only time that matters."

"Understanding doesn't mean acceptance."

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent"

"A seer must be a skeptic"

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"

"Knowledge without wisdom is dangerous"

"I drink and I know things."

"The highest function of ecology is the understanding of consequences."

"Think you of the fact that a deaf man is ignored by his fellows."

"Desire is a padlock on the lips of discretion."

"Knowing where the trap is—that's the first step in evading it."

"Never make decisions under duress of strong emotion."

"You think like a scientist but act like an animal."

"To govern is to make choices."

"In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him."

"Adults are the ones who can suspend their disbelief without reservation."

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent"

"A sword without a hilt is just a length of steel"

"I drink and I know things"

"There is no shame in kneeling to survive"

"I think like a child thinks"

"A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have."

"There's a frood who really knows where his towel is."

"A person is smart. People are dumb."

"Muad'Dib's prescience could see the future, but not the price."